READY, STEADY, GO! - Liam McCabe, two, rides around a field near his home in Tilehurst

TOT Liam McCabe is hoping to pedal his way into the record books after dumping his stabilisers just weeks after being weaned off his bottle.

The Tilehurst toddler has been racing round on a BMX for a month after his mum accidentally

discovered he could cope on two wheels - at just two years old.

Liam was playing outside his Teviot Road home when he jumped on to a friend's two-wheeler and to the shock of his watching family went off without a wobble.

He even rides standing up.

Now mum Alison wants to know if her talented boy, who celebrates his third birthday in late September, is on track to become a record breaker or if any other Reading toddlers have achieved the same feat.

Mrs McCabe, said: "It happened about a month ago.

I couldn't believe it. I was quite amazed by it.

"He is barely out of nappies and he has only just started using a cup instead of a bottle.

"Everyone in my circle of friends kept saying to me it must be a record - they were all really taken aback by it.

"So now I want to challenge people to see if anyone knows someone younger than Liam who can ride a bike."

Liam's big brother Connor, five, began riding without stabilisers when he was three and Mrs McCabe thinks her youngest wants to keep up with his big brother.

But when Liam starts nursery school in September he will be back in his buggy.

Mrs McCabe said: "He would be out on his bike morning, noon and night if he was allowed but he's too young to understand road sense.

"I've bought him a bike helmet but he's still not allowed any further than our cul-de-sac."

Veteran Reading cyclist Dick Poole, 70, who became a record breaker in 1965 when he rode from Land's End to John O' Groats in less than two days, said he was staggered by Liam's achievement.

"It's remarkable," he said. "I'm too old to remember learning to ride a bike but I was certainly older than two. Two years old is extremely young - most kids can barely walk.

"I still race every weekend, but I wouldn't class myself as an expert.

"Even so, my guess would be that most kids don't give up their stabilisers until they are at least four or five."

Mr Poole cycled through two nights to complete the 868-mile trek on an old fashioned racer.

His record has since been broken, but new bridges have shaved 20 miles off the legendary trail.